PAULA WHYMAN
curiouswriter

In which we wonder about writing, food, music,  
& random curious events. 

In pursuit of the creative spark, some of you clean, some of you organize, and some, ahem, plagiarize. But one artist confided that when he wants to look at the world through a new lens, he changes his shoes...to the wrong feet.



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Did anyone else notice that when John Edwards endorsed Senator Obama, he paraphrased Ronald Reagan?



“There is one man who knows in his heart that it is time to tear down that wall and make one America, Barack Obama.”



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I just found out the auto-archive isn't auto-archiving...so I've moved all the posts on the 2008 Campaign, plus some other miscellaneous posts (Hamlet, diets) to a new page called Blog Archive. Those posts are no longer open to comments. I've also renamed the Curious Archive, which would have been totally confusing, to 1980 Curiosities, since that's what it is (my posts on intriguing events from 1980 that I came across in the process of researching my novel). Hope that helps!

From the NYT:



In a stark shift for the Bush administration, the United States has sent a climate report to the United Nations detailing specific and far-reaching effects that it says global warming will inflict on the American environment.



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Oops, wrong photo... (party on, girl!)

Child 1: “He hit me”

ME: “Why did he hit you?”

Child 1: “I don’t know.”

ME: “There’s no hitting. Why did you hit him?”

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I don't know why, but the time stamps on all my entries are off. It's actually 9:30am here, in case you're interested.

It seems that one of the unexpected side "benefits" of having a functional blog has been a sudden onslaught of p**n spam in some of the Comments sections. Now see, I knew it, you're all rushing off for a look! (more…)

First I want to say that I have nothing against Honda Civics. These cars get good mileage, and that is a very good thing. And, I have nothing against major Greek gods, as far as I know. But today on Route 50, I found that I was tailgating, um, traveling behind none other than Zeus (so said the vanity plate). (more…)